frontlet

[ fruhnt-lit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead:
The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
the forehead of an animal.
Ornithology. the forehead when marked by a different color or texture of the plumage.
Judaism. the phylactery worn on the forehead.

frontlet

/ ˈfrʌntlɪt /

Also calledfrontal a small decorative loop worn on a woman's forehead, projecting from under her headdress, in the 15th century
the forehead of an animal, esp of a bird when it is a different colour from the rest of the head
the decorated border of an altar frontal
See tefillah
Judaism a phylactery worn on the forehead See also tefillah

1425–75; late Middle English frontlet < Old French, diminutive of frontel frontal

C15: from Old French frontelet a little frontal

All persons having an income of £10 a year and over will have that black velvet loop, the frontlet, sewn into their hats.

He no longer wears on his forehead the frontlet of righteousness, his whole heart, his whole soul is impregnated with corruption.

White horses with white frontlet plumes came round the Rotunda corner, galloping.

In young birds the frontlet is obscure or wanting; the plumage dull brown above, and the throat blackish with white specks.

The throat vies with the radiant topaz, while the band on the forehead rivals in brilliancy the frontlet of every other species.

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